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REGION Ouest Department: Arcahaie, Croix-des-Bouquets, La Gonâve, Léogâne, and Port-au-Prince

Ouest (English: West, Haitian Creole: Lwès) is one of the ten departments of Haiti. It is the jurisdictional seat of the national capital, the city of Port-au-Prince. It has an area of 4,982.56 square kilometres (1,923.78 sq mi) and a population of 4,029,705 (2015 Estimate). It borders the Dominican Republic to the east.

It is the second largest department in Haiti after Artibonite. Gonâve Island is also part of the Ouest department. The department's stretch of coastline lies entirely in the Gulf of Gonâve.

This section features information about the Ouest Department, which serves the following Arrondissements: Arcahaie, Croix-des-Bouquets, La Gonâve, Léogâne, and Port-au-Prince.

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The Ouest Department works closely with municipalities, communes, and other emergency management partners to prepare for, protect against, respond to, and recover from all hazards.

The Ouest Department must work with the whole community to reduce the impact of natural disasters, reduce risks, improve public safety, protect the environment, and to prepare communities, families, and individuals for all possible hazards. The aim is to be ready in all manner for disastrous events.



Arrondissements and communes
(with 2009 Population Estimates in parentheses)

Arcahaie Arrondissement
  • Arcahaie
  • Cabaret
Croix-des-Bouquets Arrondissement
  • Cornillon
  • Croix-des-Bouquets
  • Fonds-Verettes
  • Ganthier
  • Thomazeau
La Gonâve Arrondissement
  • Anse-à-Galets
  • Pointe-à-Raquette
Léogâne Arrondissement
  • Grand-Goâve
  • Léogâne
  • Petit-Goâve
Port-au-Prince Arrondissement
  • Carrefour
  • Cité Soleil
  • Delmas
  • Gressier
  • Kenscoff
  • Pétionville
  • Tabarre
  • Port-au-Prince
× — The communes of Cité Soleil and Tabarre are newly constituted, and did not exist at the time of the 2003 Census


Source: Wikipedia